trip to Logan UT

 So after a few months of retirement, Chad sort of unretired, working part time for a small space-related company.  This meant he had an excuse to go to the small satellite conference in UT, and this time I got to tag along.  He schmoozed with the space community all week, while I goofed off.

We stopped at Aztec Ruins National Monument on the drive over, even though it was something like 105 degrees out.  

The ruins here are neat because you can go into some of them.

We stopped in Moab for the night, but it was hot and we didn't want to hike.

Once in Logan, my fun started.  Among other things, I rode up Green Canyon to the wilderness boundary,

explored roads and trails in and around town,

took a "recovery" hike up to some caves and ended up bushwhacking an extra 1400 steep feet up to another trail at the top of the ridge,

and then took a real recovery hike around Tony Grove Lake to see the wildflowers.

In addition to attending the conference, Chad did get some recreation too, enjoying the fly fishing in the canyon.  This year the fish were wee.

We were lucky to grab the chance to go this year, as the conference has now gotten so big that they will be moving it to Salt Lake City next year, which isn't quite as convenient from a recreational perspective.